I think we have lost alot of the real meanings of so many things due to the casualness of our language today. Slang has had an effect of the way we think and relate to G-d as well. For instance, do you REALLY mean what you say, when you say holy cow, are you really saying you are an Hindu? Or how about holy smoke, is that really what you mean to actually say? I think we need to be more aware of how we phrase things that we are saying & is that really what we are meaning when we say things.
2006-07-24 10:58:12 · 14 answers · asked by Terri S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, I was very self-conscious of saying "holy cow" when I was working with a Hindu friend. Luckily it didn't seem to bother her at all. It would be nice to be more careful of how we treat God's name and use a neutral phrase instead. How about, "Oh, that is amazing!" when we are surprised. It would take a lot of practice, though.
2006-07-24 11:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Using your logic, do you really mean "God be with you" when you say "good bye"? That's an assumption that the person who is leaving believes in the same God you do. You also could be insulting an atheist. I, too, feel that language has gotten more casual, but through the evolution of language, words' original meanings lose impact, anyway. I don't mind casual, conversational English, but one should still know how to speak well, in my opinion.
2006-07-24 11:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is horrible. It's amazing how the literature of only a hundred years ago employed such a rich form of the English language way and today everyone just writes in short hand like they do on IMs. This can also be seen in our spoken language as well. Poor grammar, sentence structure, and lack of eloquence. Language has somehow become totally utilitarian and is losing it's artistic element.
2006-07-24 11:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. I am for starting a new language.
If you think about it for a moment-most of our problems originate from poor communications. When we talk-we know what we mean, but the other person may not get the same picture-right?
2006-07-24 11:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sir philip sydney makes approximately the same point in his 'apology for poetry' written in the 1590s.
phil reckons the main culprit for dumbing down the english language is some new hick from stratford called william shakespeare.
2006-07-24 11:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely! it is truly unusual easily. That sound like the very similar difficulty as i'm in with the girl i love. it is precisely how I act, and we've purely generic one yet another for a pair months.
2016-10-15 04:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by windy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been lobbying the people I work with to switch to Shakespearean English, but they are being oddly resistant. Heathens!
2006-07-24 11:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are assuming everyone is relating to your god, or any god, when they say those things.
They are expressions of emotion.
If everyone took everything literally, and was forced to always be literal, this world would be a horribly unimaginative place to live.
I enjoy language evolution in that manner. I can't stand lazy language evolution. For instance... "Do it go?" instead of "Does it go?" or "It be hard work" instead of "It is hard work.", or "What it is?" instead of "What is it?", or "We was going to the store." instead of "We were going to the store."
2006-07-24 11:05:35 · answer #8 · answered by J G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been many years since the TEACHERS were able to string a sentence together.
The scum rap stars are the teachers now.
Kids are NOT expected to be very bright-- they just have to feel good about themselves!
2006-07-24 11:03:04 · answer #9 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy sweet screamin Jesus, I agree with every God damned word that came out of your God foresaken mouth!!!
2006-07-24 11:08:06 · answer #10 · answered by phoephus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋